Cbeam-whip composition



- UNITED "STATES PATE N'r orrlcl-z.

ARTHUR W. BULL, OF HAVERFORD, PELINSYLVANIA;

cnmM-wmr COMPOSITION.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR W. BULL, a

v citizen of the United States, residing at Haverford, in the county of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cream-Whip Compositions, of which the following is a composition for facilitating the whipping of different kinds and consistencies of cream and in the preparationof analogous prod- ;ucts such as ice cream and the like;

To this end the invention comprehends a cream Whip composition which can be pre pared or manufactured at a low cost andin the'use' of which a relativel smallquantity, added to the substance to e whipped, will 'result in a mixture which will lend itself readily to the whipping operation" even though the cream initially employed is of a comparatively thin or low consistency.

I am aware that compositions for whip- I ping cream have been used heretofore as for instance the use of lactic acid as a whipping agent and I am also aware of the fact that a saceharate such as calcium saccharate may be employed, i. 'e;, a solution of calcium saccharate in water. With my composition,

however, I find that the whipping operation,

to obtain the desired result, is more readily and quickly accomplished and the resulting product is one of a higher standard than a cream'whipped withthe addition of the well known agents mentioned above.

I My composition consists substantially of amixture 0 astrong sugar solution with an excess of slaked lime (calcium hydroxid), after which an acid is added to partially neutralize the alkalinity of the mixture.

The clear liquid is subsequently drawn oil.

and becomes the finished product for .use

with the cream or other vproduct to be whipped, in .the necessary proportions.

In preparing the composition I prepare an approximately 30% sugar solution, consisting of sugar and water to the mentioned proportion and this solutionis agitated with a 'uantity of slaked lime, the latter being s ightly in excess so that not quite-all of it 'will bedissolved in thesolution. After 'settling, the clear liquid isdi'awnwofi' and a quantity of acid such as hydrochloric or some similar neutralizing agent is added to the mixture,..;the amount of such acid employed' dependingprimarily upon the charcient amount of hydrochloric acid to acter of the'mixture and inthi's particular salt thereof is readily soluble. Obviously,

'acids of which the calcium salts are insoluble or diflicultly soluble in water or alkaline li uids would not produce the same result.

he composition described is to-be distinguished from the product,-lactic acid, previously referred to, by the fact that my composition in its final stage is still alkaline and therefor devoid of free acid, whereas with the mentioned known product this is not the case, it being readily apparent that the desired product because of the undesirable presence of an acid taste.

M composition furthermore can be quiclzly and inexpensively prepared and-has I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 1'}, 1921, -Application filed March 19, 1920. Serial No. 367,159.

- the desired density. I have mentioned hyi drochloric acid assuitable, since the calcium presence of free acid would detract from the been found to be far more eflicient as a cream whip than the known products heretofore employed and previously set out herein.

Having described my invention, I claim' 1. A composition for whipping cream 1 comprising the reaction products of the following materials, namely a strong sugar solution, an excess of slaked lime and a small amount of a neutralizing acid, such freelysoluble in alkaline solutions.

2. A composition for whipping cream comprising the reaction products ofthe fol- '95 acid being one of which the calcium salt is lowing materials, namely a strong sugar 109 solution, an excessof slaked lime and a suflitiallyneutralize the mixture. 7 3. A com 'osition for whipping cream comprising t e, reaction product'sof the fol- .lowing materials, namely sugar, water, lime and hydrochloric acid chemically equivalent toabout one-sixth of the amount of lime which could be dissolved in the amount of su ar and water solution.

11 testimony whereof I affix my signature. ARTHUR W.

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